Top Schools

The top-ranked school in Massachusetts that has a human services program is Boston College. Boston College, which was ranked 14th in the country in 2010, is located in Chestnut Hill.
In 2010, Boston College graduated 227 students from its human services program.
Boston College charged in-state students $40,542 in tuition fees per year.

Boston University, which was ranked 14th nationwide in 2010, is the second-ranked school in Massachusetts that has a human services program. It is located in Boston.
132 students graduated with degree in human services from Boston University in 2010.
Boston University charged in-state students $39,864 in tuition fees per year.

Northeastern University, which is located in Boston, is the third-ranked school in Massachusetts that has a human services program. It received a ranking of 18th in the country in 2010.
In 2010, Northeastern University graduated 39 students from its human services programs.
Students at Northeastern University paid $36,792 per year in tuition fees.

Cost

Human services schools in Massachusetts, charge students an average tuition of $18,923 per year. But, tuition can be as much as $40,542 per year, or as little as $3,144 per year.
In 2010, the following Massachusetts human services schools had the highest tuition rates:

Boston College - located in Chestnut Hill, students are charged $40,542 per year

Boston University - located in Boston, students are charged $39,864 per year

Smith College - located in Northampton, students are charged $38,898 per year

The human services schools in Massachusetts that charged the lowest tuition rates were:

Bunker Hill Community College - located in Charlestown, students are charged $3,144 per year

Holyoke Community College - located in Holyoke, students are charged $3,276 per year

Northern Essex Community College - located in Haverhill, students are charged $3,384 per year

A human services degree from a Massachusetts school... what next?

The Massachusetts counties with the largest populations of human services professional are:

Bristol County - 11,050 human services professionals

Hartford County - 2,240 human services professionals

Windham County - 1,920 human services professionals

Projected Growth

The government projects that the number of human services professionals in Massachusetts will grow by 14%. By 2018, there will be an estimated 21,950 human services professionals working in Massachusetts.

Salary

On average, human services professionals earn a salary of $35,720 per year in Massachusetts state.
But, salaries for human services professional can vary. In 2010, human services professional made as little as less than $18,620 per year or as much as more than $82,580 per year in Massachusetts.
On average human services professional earn the most in the following Massachusetts counties:

Barnstable County - $38,250 per year

Essex County - $37,737 per year

Hartford County - $36,260 per year

Human services professionals in the following counties in Massachusetts make the lowest salaries on average: